As much as I enjoy reading the mag, I have noticed that the forum seldom gets a mention. i thought it would be in the interest of Kelsey publishing to promote the forum, and to bring more members to the fray.

I used to buy a trucking magazine a while ago and they would regularly print quotes from postings made on their online forum (which I was also a member of, but I got fed up talking about trucks after driving them all day)

If you don't have a 'puter and buy the magazine, you would think that the forum doesn't exist

Incidentally, I only found this forum by accident, after googling something (I can't remember what) and this site came up first, and the rest, as they say, is history

Other than that, liking the mag very much

Dan.

Does everyone on the forum read JWM magazine or subscribe to it?

yes I used to, from 1996 to 2000.  I loved it, the only car magazine I subscribed to, and I haven't subscribed to any other since. I did complain to Paul Skilleter about the binding change, it cheapened the publication, they must have heard me because they came back to the "squared" binding. I still have all issues, a couple of the Blue JW Binders, and a number of Posters and videos I ordered in those 4 years. I still browse through the old issues, it's a real good magazine, even @ 10 years old.

the reasons I stopped subscribing are two:

1)  the magazine became very oriented to XJ-S and modern Saloons, so I couldn't relate to the magazine any more, being that my 2 Jags are old, a 1984 and a 1965, and that's where I have remained. The magazine's restoration projects became fewer and fewer.

2)  the subscription service in the US left a lot to be desired, in the sense that the US representative for JW was/is not a very user-friendly business, a number of times I did not receive my copy, which was mailed from the US representative's business, and when I called to complain, it took them 2 months to replace it. At the same time they charged a very high price for a 1 yr. subscription, and for that kind of money, you would expect better service, like 1st Class mail, not 4th Class.

To be fair, the Editor and another Kelsey gentleman told me that they would send my copy directly if I would continue my subscription, (I was very honored by the offer), but reason #1 was still a factor, I was getting bored with modern Jaguars on the cover. I wanted more on the Small and Big Saloons of the 1950's and 1960's, which of course, nobody bothers with.

I also found this forum by accident, while searching for Jaguar Parts Classifieds. (Jag Ads took me to the forum).

regards,
Jos

Hi all, Just to let you know that Matt skelton has re-acted in a very positive way to your thoughts and there will be a permanent link to the Forum on the 'Letters' page of the magazine from September onwards.
Great input, thanks Dan and all.
N.B. I also asked about Forum Cards for members. This was requested by Roly and (I think, Dan, but I can't find the posts now!). The response was that it would not be a feasible idea to provide cards for every member. I can see that the logistics would be difficult! Allow the mods one small priviledge!?
Cheers, Archie.
P.S. Jacqeline, Time to buy your third copy?

apax wrote on 18.06.2007 at 18:41:39:



You are most welcome, Archie, and that's great news about the link

And David, I agree, it would be good to discuss some of the articles from the magazine, here on the forum, as there are some really interesting features in the magazine that are worth discussing. Maybe more effort from our good-selves is needed in this area!

Dan.

no - just a wild guess 

well, welcome and when you do get a life, let me know the recipe because I belong to 7 forums myself. 

regards,
Jos

do people actually READ newspapers still ?   

i am an active member of three Jaguar forums, two photography forums and a few other places,

i dont read newspapers, politically biased yesterdays old news if you ask me, sold on sensationalism ,

i read the JWM & JEC magazine once a month, but it usually only takes one evening to read the whole mag ,

that and i'm half way through a full loft conversion ( self build ) just finished the deck , as the summerhouse was moved onto it yesterday , and am restoring an XJS , lol

oh, and for the next three weeks i will be glued to the TV watching ' le tour ' ( the tour de france ) as i have seen it every year for the last 25 years 

and in my free time, i relax with a cognac

BB

the reason I asked is because in the US, with the advent of CNN and all other instant-news channels who came after, Newspapers are going-out-of-business in every city, they can't give them away, much less sell them. Everything is old by the time they are printed, and then the ink stains in the hands and upholstery, well that's another story.

Then you have the issue of Font Size, they use such a small size that it simply is not legible without the Hobel Telescope.

Jos, I can see that things must be different over there. Our print is very legible (only a bit less than this size in fact), ink staining issues disappeared years ago, and the topics in that days paper are borrowed by the topical discussion programmes on the radio. Then of course, there are the free scratch cards........ Cheers, Archie.

Well we have got to have something to wrap our chips in!

But in greater depth, with informed commentary, different perspectives and offering a 'flavour' that TV soundbites can`t match.

So..yeah...If I want to know what happened yesterday I`ll get tomorrow`s paper 'cos CNN/BBC didn`t get the half of it.

newspapers i just buy them for the CDs got a boot full now

trx wrote on 15.08.2007 at 23:45:14:



What would you want with a boot full of papers!   

I found this forum when I did a search for another Jaguar Forum.  But still get the JWM magazine and JEC magazine.   

Hi Bryan, I have referred this to Kelsey for their information. I personally think that your car would make a good basis for an article of some kind, but my influence is very limited (I should say non existent!!).
I would also like more exposure for our 'family friendly' Forum, but there are limits on magazine space, and we do have a link on the letters page which was provided as a result of this particular thread. Regards, Archie.

I've had a couple of letters printed over the years...even had one in issue 2 with it was Jaguar Quarterly over 20 years ago and had a picture of my car in one issue...can't remember why.  I think it was one of those XJS model guide type articles.

I've been a subscriber since day 1 but don't keep my magazines for more than a couple of months.

Keep trying.